org.bouncycastle.x509.X509StreamParserSpi Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package org.bouncycastle.x509;
import org.bouncycastle.x509.util.StreamParsingException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* This abstract class defines the service provider interface (SPI) for
* X509StreamParser.
*
* @see org.bouncycastle.x509.X509StreamParser
*
*/
public abstract class X509StreamParserSpi
{
/**
* Initializes this stream parser with the input stream.
*
* @param in The input stream.
*/
public abstract void engineInit(InputStream in);
/**
* Returns the next X.509 object of the type of this SPI from the given
* input stream.
*
* @return the next X.509 object in the stream or null if the
* end of the stream is reached.
* @exception StreamParsingException
* if the object cannot be created from input stream.
*/
public abstract Object engineRead() throws StreamParsingException;
/**
* Returns all X.509 objects of the type of this SPI from
* the given input stream.
*
* @return A collection of all X.509 objects in the input stream or
* null if the end of the stream is reached.
* @exception StreamParsingException
* if an object cannot be created from input stream.
*/
public abstract Collection engineReadAll() throws StreamParsingException;
}